Background
Craig is the son of Ray Breen, a national champion in Irish rallying.
Craig is the son of Ray Breen, a national champion in Irish rallying.
He competes in the European Rally Championship for the Peugeot Rally Academy. He began karting in 1999 in Ireland. He began rallying in 2007, combining it with karting commitments in Europe in 2008.
In 2009 he made the full-time switch to rallying, competing in the Irish, British and International Fiesta Sporting Trophys, winning all three championships.
In 2010 he debuted the Ford Fiesta S2000 in both British Rally Championship and the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship. He took his first BRC victory on the 2010 Ulster Rally and went on to finish 2nd overall in the International Trade Commission. He also finished 17th overall in the car at the 2010 Rally Finland and 12th overall at Wales Rally Great Britain. In 2011, Breen competed in the WRC Academy driving a Ford Fiesta R2.
Foreign 2012, Breen has progressed to the South-WRC championship driving a Ford Fiesta S2000. In June 2012, Breen"s co-driver Gareth Roberts was killed in an accident during the Targa Florio Rally, the fifth round of the 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season.
At the end of the rally, a very emotional Breen declared "I"m a kid, I can"t believe I"ve done this."
In 2013, Breen and co-driver Paul Nagle was signed by Peugeot to lead their European Research Council campaign called "Peugeot Rally Academy".
Midway during the season Nagle left the team to help out Volkswagen"s Andreas Mikkelsen in the WRC. From the Rajd Polski onwards, Belgian Lara Vanneste became Breen"s co-driver. They"re expected to return to the team for the 2014 European Research Council season.